Derek Burnett going to the London Games!

Sparks · 04-07-2012 12:15PM #1

Officially announced today by the OCI! (Full list of the olympic team here)
Well done that man!

Sparks · 09-07-2012 12:43PM

And the Journal has done a piece on Derek today:

London 2012: Introducing… Derek Burnett

Well worth the read, and a comment or two...

Ildere · 22-07-2012 05:48PM

Best of luck to Derek.

Hope either BBC or RTE cover the Trap event and maybe we will get to see some shooting.

Its probably our best chance to see shooting on TV, as somehow it becomes acceptable at Olympics time but at other times it is not worthy of any publicity.

IRLConor · 22-07-2012 07:37PM

Ildere wrote: »

Best of luck to Derek.

Hope either BBC or RTE cover the Trap event and maybe we will get to see some shooting.

Its probably our best chance to see shooting on TV, as somehow it becomes acceptable at Olympics time but at other times it is not worthy of any publicity.

As I understand it, the BBC are covering every event live: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18071080

I'll be watching as many of the shooting events that I can!

Ildere · 22-07-2012 08:32PM

Thanks for that. It looks like the red button will be busy.

meathstevie · 24-07-2012 12:36AM

Wish him straight shooting, it's people like him who can provide some positive publicity for lawful gun ownership in this country.

bullets · 27-07-2012 07:14PM

He was interviewed on the RTE 6one news this evening which was nice to see on the main evening news. Being Honest I've never heard of the chap before but nice to see some positive news for shooting in the media rather than negative. Looking forward to seeing if we can see on the telly any of the shooting events.

~B

djflawless · 27-07-2012 10:36PM

watching the london 2012 opening and caught a glimpse of dereck bernett. .has me thinking, have we any other shooters this year?

Tommy87 · 27-07-2012 11:15PM

He is the only shooter. His qualifying round is 5th August. 9am.

garv123 · 27-07-2012 11:20PM

Anyone have the time and day that he'll be kicking off? Didnt see it on the webpage.

Great to see someone from Ireland competing in the shooting.

Sparks · 27-07-2012 11:54PM

Not sure of his personal start time, but the clay pigeon kicks off at 0900 on Sunday the 5th...

...and keep an eye out for Natalya Coyle as well, shooting's only one-fifth of her sport, but hey, they can't all be perfect

Sparks · 28-07-2012 12:01AM

BTW, for those who've not seen the stats yet, shooting is the 4th largest sport in this year's games, with 390 shooters from 108 countries competing, and shooters carried 5% of the flags in the opening ceremonies...

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